<p>I think it would be cool to start a thread where people can offer up things that they think are good about Tufts/areas in which Tufts is strong. This could help people get a good sense of the positives of the school.</p>
<p>I'll start, lets try to be specific (ie not saying "good academics")</p>
<p>location-suburban campus but near the city</p>
<p>The professors. I’m continually impressed by how concerned profs are with individual students’ progress, and how dedicated they are to the success of their students.</p>
<p>Early assurance program for pre-med students applying to med school is really appealing</p>
<p>does tufts have any nobel laureates on the faculty? or any programs/departments in top 10 rankings?</p>
<p>Tufts’ International Relations program is constantly ranked in the top 10</p>
<p>actually, its barely ranked top 10 for undergrad. Its tied with UCSD I think.</p>
<p>By who? There are lots of different ranking systems. </p>
<p>Its philosophy program is considered the best MA program in the country by the only organization that ranks philosophy departments (to the best of my knowledge), The Philosophical Gourmet. Since there is virtually no wall between the MA program and the undergrad program (ALL professors teach classes in both, there are no grad-only faculty members, and most grad classes are open to undergrads) I would have to assume that should The Philosophical Gourmet rank undergrad programs, Tufts would do well there, too.</p>
<p>while some people may not think the Tufts IR is that great (because not being at the head of the top 10 obviously means it sucks), their advising for the department is superb. I was visiting this spring break and went up to the IR dept office to speak to a professor. he was meeting with students, so i had to wait in line. in the mean time, there were students coming in asking the administrative folks there for advice, references, etc, and they were superbly helpful. I was very impressed. If this is true of other departments (I think it is, as I also found the history department helpful), it means that if you go to Tufts and have the nerve to ask for help, you will def. receive it, unlike, i suspect, places like UCSD and some of the ivies where the departments are huge and staffed with grad students who would rather be writing their dissertation. Moreover, once I got the chance to meet with the professor, it turned out that his job was basically to be there in an advisory capacity. I guess it must be a rotation thing or something. But I was again very impressed.</p>
<p>Another thing I really liked about the place is how they truly take they interdisciplinary approach to heart. I’ve been at an IB programme, and during applications, they advertised a very interdisciplinary education which I have for the large part not found. At Tufts, however, it seems like it is truly the expectation that the classes you take are intended to give you the knowledge to understand what’s going on in all of your other studies. This is something that is very good for me, and why tufts is at the top of my rather lengthy list heading in to the summer.</p>
<p>For more on that, talk to the Adcom who browses the tufts forums. i think his sn is danadmiss@tufts.</p>
<p>S. has found his Ex-College classes extremely rewarding.</p>
<p>IBFootballer, do you remember which prof you talked to?</p>
<p>I believe it was Prof. Lange</p>
<p>Oh, Kirk Lange isn’t a professor. He’s assistant director of the program. That’s not a rotation, his full-time job is actually to serve in an advisory capacity to students.</p>
<p>quod erat demonstrandum :)</p>
<p>oh, the food is AMAZING. Dewick is sick! I honestly think I will gain at least 40 pounds. The variety beat out any school I visited except maybe Notre Dame.</p>
<p>All the people seemed genuinely friendly and wanted to answer any questions I had when I visited.</p>
<p>I think we should start the Freshman 50 tradition</p>
<p>I was just going through the Dewick menu online … yup…I’ll be lucky if I gain only 40 pounds…</p>
<p>A good friend of mine actually gained 37 pounds.</p>
<p>Even so, mostpeople get sick of Dewick within a couple months.</p>
<p>yeah, freshman 15 is for pansies. 50 is where its at.</p>
<p>lol i hope to play football there, so i hope i get 15 lbs of muscle.</p>
<p>i wish i could have gotten to sample the food, but i visited during the summer last year and during passover this year, so not much variety available, although that would be the case at most any place other than brandeis.</p>
<p>Yeah i meant 50 lbs of muscle guys. muscle. (cow muscle)</p>